Sample-holder attachment for stock-boards.



R. R. STREETER. SAMPLE HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR STOCK BOARDS.

APPLIOATION FILED 001:.24, 1911.

1,014,420, Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

minimum Wm? rm m UNITED'STATES ROY R. STREETER, F BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

SAMPLE-HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR STOCK-BOARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application file'dOctober 24;, 1911. Serial No. 556,453.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roy R. STREETER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Big Rapids, in the county of Mecosta and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sample-HolderAttaohments for Stock-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stock board sample holders, and pertainsespecially to a device adapted to be attached to the end of.

dry goods boards for holding samples of such goods as are bolted orwrapped around the boards.

The object of the invention is to provide a sample holder of such noveland peculiar construction and arrangement of parts as to be readilyattached to ordinary bolting boards for inclosing or concealing aplurality of separate samples of the bolted goods, and adapted to beoperated for dispensing such samples.

A further object of the invention is to provide a peculiarly constructedcasing attachable to the end of bolting boards, and containing aslidable sample tray or drawer having a hinged cover.

A still further object of the invention is to provide novel and peculiarmeans for slidably connecting the tray or drawer with its casing.

Various other objects, advantages and improved results are attainable inthe practical application and working of the holder as will :behereinafter pointed out in the specification and the claims to follow.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application :-Figure 1is a perspective view of a bolting board showing the application of theholder, the goods being partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof one end of a board showing the holder as being slid into positionFig.

3 is a similar view showing the holder cas same parts throughout theseveral views of p the drawings.

The invention is applicable to any ordinary board 1, one end of which iscut out at 2, for receiving a tray or drawer-holding casing 3, now to beparticularly described. The casing 3 is preferably made in one piece,and may be composed ofcardboard, or any other material best suited forthe purpose, and as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings thecasing blank iscutv at aa and bent on the dotted line bb to form a back flange 4, onthe in ner side of the top of the casing, such flange having flaps 5bent on the dotted lines cc at'right angles to the back 4; the casingtop has a side flange 6, cut outof such top and bent inwardly on thedotted line cZ-d, and the flange 6' is attached to one'of the flaps 5the bottom of the casing has a flange 7 struck up from the inner sidethereof on the dotted line ee, and the other of the flaps 5 issecured tothe flange 7 when the casing is folded on the dotted lines f-f, so as toform the front of the casing. By this means an inclosure or housing forthe vsample-holding tray or drawer 8, is formed, leaving a space betweenthe lateral projections of the top and the bottom of the casing at eachside edge of the inclosure for the end of the board when the inclosureis slid into the cut out 2, of theboard. The front of the caslng is outatggg, to form' an opening 9 therein for the tray or drawer 8, and thecut portions 10 are bent 011 the dotted lines h-lz. inwardly and aresecured to the inner face of the casing front so as to support andgrasped for sliding it.

The tray or drawer 8, for holding a plu-; rality of separate samples 12,of the bolted goods, is preferably made of one piece having sideprojections 13 at the rear end thereof for engaging the front of thecasing to limit the outward movement of the drawer which is slidable inthe casing between the flanges 6 and 7. A lid or cover 14 is hinged tothe drawer at 15, and the front of the cover has ears 16 which engagethe front of the casing and limit the inward movement of the drawer. Thefront of the cover and the front of the casing afl'ord means forlabeling the goods.

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bottom edge of the opening 9 has a notch 11; so asto permit the tray ordrawer 8 to be It is obvious that, after the parts are as sembled, thedevice is slid onto the end of a board and tacked thereto, so that thecasing will partially cover one end and both sides of the board andpermit the housing or drawer-holding portion of the casing to be seatedin the cut out of the board substantially flush with the board, so asnot to interfere with the bolting of the goods. The

drawer front being practically flush (inclosed position) with the frontof the casing, and the latter being substantially flush with the end ofthe board, there is no interference or obstruction by said fronts inhandling the bolts.

1 In dispensing samples, the drawer is only withdrawn from the casingsufficiently to permit the cover to be swung upwardly on its'hinge,without detaching the casing from the board or the drawer from thecasing. Such attachment and operation insures the retaining of thesamples by the board having the sampled goods thereon, and avoids anypossibility of interchangeability of the samples or the displacement ofthe sample tray or holder.

It will be seen that the device may be applied by a merchant to boardsin stock, that the device may be changed from one board to another asdesired, and that the device "may be expeditionsly attached .to bolts ofgoods as such goods are stocked by a merchant.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting the inventionas to size,material or shape, nor to its application to any specially designedboard or boards, nor do I wish to be understood as confining myself to'any particular number of parts in theprodiuction of the device, butreserve to myself the right to make such changes in the practicalconstruction and application of the device as I may see fit or asoccasion may demand, without departing from the spirit of the inventionas covered by the claims now to follow.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A sample holder attachment for stockboards, comprising a casing having a central portion fitting an openingin the end of a board and having lateral projections embracing saidboard end, a drawer slidable within the central portion of the casing,and a cover hinged to the rear end of the drawer and slidable with thedrawer.

2. A sample holder attachment for stock boards having an opening in oneend thereof, such holder comprising a casing fitting over said board endand having a drawer opening in the front thereof, a drawer housingformed by the casing and fitting the board opening, a sample-holdingdrawer slidably retained in the housing, and a cover hinged to thedrawer and slidable therewith.

3. A sample holder attachment for'stock boards having an opening throughone end thereof, such holder comprising a casing fitting over said boardend and having a drawer opening in the front thereof, a drawer housingformed by the casing and fitting the board opening, a sample-holdingdrawer slidably retained in the housing, projections on the sides of thedrawer to limit the outward movement of the drawer, and a cover hingedto the drawer and slidable therewith.

4. The combination, with a sample-holding drawer for stock boards, of adevice attachable to the board for housing the drawer, comprising asheetof material foldable to form the front, the top, and the bottom ofthe housing, flanges cut from the said top for the back and one side ofthe housing, a flange out from thesaid bottom for the other side of thehousing, and cut out portions leaving an opening in said front for thedrawer, such portions being folded inwardly and forming braces for saidfront.

5. In a sample holding attachment for stock boards, the combination,with a board having an opening therein at one end, of a casing, adrawer-housing formed in and supported by the casing in said opening, asample-holding drawer held by the housing and slidable therein, and acover hinged to the drawer and slidable in the housing with the drawerin closed position.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROY R. STREETER.

'Witnesses:

AROHIBALD BROOMFIELD, LOUISA KUCERA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for'five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

